Archaeologists: Brythunia Find Predates Pons 03/29/3133
INN - Interstellar News Network
BORAMIS--Archaeologists confirmed today that artifacts and ruins discovered more
than five kilometers off the eastern shores of the Brythunia province on Hyboria are in
fact the remains of a man-made settlement established some 40 or 50 years before
plankton magnate C. Augustus Pons led the first settlers to Towne in the late 22nd
century. The analysis ends speculation about the nature of the ruins, which extend to
the base of the Brythunia highlands some 15 kilometers inland, including a few rumors
that the site was in fact the remains of a lost alien civilization.
“It’s a very exciting find,” said Dr. Vanessa Markoja, head of the University of
Towne’s field archaeology team supervising the underwater dig site, where most of
the larger ruins and artifacts have been found. “Though certainly of human origin, this
find--at the very least--may completely rewrite the history of our world, and possibly
give us insight into the early events surrounding the first Terran exodus and colonial
expansion.”
Until today, Towne history texts unanimously declared that the world’s first
settlements were established by an expedition led by trillionaire C. Augustus Pons, the
eccentric plankton magnate. His noteworthy affection for the works of 20th-century
writer, Robert Erwin Howard, led to many of the names for the cities and features of
Towne, particularly on the Hyborian continent, where the initial waves of North
American settlers landed and set up colonies. The discovery that settlers arrived on
Towne half a decade earlier may now call into question details of this early colonial
period, as archaeologists work to discover whether Pons or his expedition knew of
the Brythunian site.
Dr. Markoja told INN in a press conference that the ruins were first discovered a
month ago when workers started breaking ground for a new militia base. A summary
analysis, including sonar and spectrographic sensor scans of the region, found
evidence of structures and refined metals along a 20-kilometer stretch that ends in a
grand complex located almost 300 meters below the waves of the Eastern Ocean.
“It appears, by the arrangement of structures, that the Brythunian colonists
established themselves along the banks of a river,” explained Markoja, illustrating her
point with a computer-generated map of the region. “We believe the majority,
however, were located on the coastline, which at the time must have existed
approximately five or six kilometers from where it is today. At the underwater site,
our teams have located and identified the remains of large structures and small homes
and, buried under centuries of silt, loose rock, and coral, samples of heavy machinery
such as vehicles and ocean-going vessels.”
But what caused the Brythunian colonists’ extinction, and whether they ever
encountered Pons’ settlers or their descendants, remains a mystery.
“This area shows a great deal of tectonic instability,” remarked Dr. James Taggart, a
resident seismologist. “Such a thing is only natural, however, for a world as
geologically young as our own. If I had to guess, my theory would be that a major
seismic event literally swept these settlements off the map and diverted the flow of
this river. The main settlement likely fell or slid into the sea as a result of this event,
which could very likely have been triggered by an asteroid collision that largely went
unnoticed by the [Pons] settlers on the west coast, who had not yet moved into the
area.”
Towne Log
+ Wow! I wonder what those first folk would have said if they found out a guy with
an obsession with Conan the Barbarian was going around naming everything after
stuff from some cornball comics, eh? :- Teknofile
Hard to say. How can an expedition be mounted to explore and settle a planet, and
never find a colony that big on the same ruddy continent? Did Pons’ guys just park on
the first untamed coast they saw and set up camp? :- BobaQ
+ Maybe they DID run across them, BBQ, and maybe there was a disagreement, if
you know what I mean. They say winners write the history books, after all.
:-FMLurder
Lurder, do you HAVE to come up with a conspiracy theory for everything? How
would you explain the fact that their entire colony establishment was buried under
layers of soil and rock so deep and so smooth it looked like natural earth? :- BobaQ
+ All right, then. How do YOU explain that a colony can get that large and not be
detected? Or that the early settlers never happened across them while scoping out all
the metal deposits on this rock, huh? Oh, I know! Maybe the serpent sirens got to
them! :- FMLurder
INN - Interstellar News Network
BORAMIS--Archaeologists confirmed today that artifacts and ruins discovered more
than five kilometers off the eastern shores of the Brythunia province on Hyboria are in
fact the remains of a man-made settlement established some 40 or 50 years before
plankton magnate C. Augustus Pons led the first settlers to Towne in the late 22nd
century. The analysis ends speculation about the nature of the ruins, which extend to
the base of the Brythunia highlands some 15 kilometers inland, including a few rumors
that the site was in fact the remains of a lost alien civilization.
“It’s a very exciting find,” said Dr. Vanessa Markoja, head of the University of
Towne’s field archaeology team supervising the underwater dig site, where most of
the larger ruins and artifacts have been found. “Though certainly of human origin, this
find--at the very least--may completely rewrite the history of our world, and possibly
give us insight into the early events surrounding the first Terran exodus and colonial
expansion.”
Until today, Towne history texts unanimously declared that the world’s first
settlements were established by an expedition led by trillionaire C. Augustus Pons, the
eccentric plankton magnate. His noteworthy affection for the works of 20th-century
writer, Robert Erwin Howard, led to many of the names for the cities and features of
Towne, particularly on the Hyborian continent, where the initial waves of North
American settlers landed and set up colonies. The discovery that settlers arrived on
Towne half a decade earlier may now call into question details of this early colonial
period, as archaeologists work to discover whether Pons or his expedition knew of
the Brythunian site.
Dr. Markoja told INN in a press conference that the ruins were first discovered a
month ago when workers started breaking ground for a new militia base. A summary
analysis, including sonar and spectrographic sensor scans of the region, found
evidence of structures and refined metals along a 20-kilometer stretch that ends in a
grand complex located almost 300 meters below the waves of the Eastern Ocean.
“It appears, by the arrangement of structures, that the Brythunian colonists
established themselves along the banks of a river,” explained Markoja, illustrating her
point with a computer-generated map of the region. “We believe the majority,
however, were located on the coastline, which at the time must have existed
approximately five or six kilometers from where it is today. At the underwater site,
our teams have located and identified the remains of large structures and small homes
and, buried under centuries of silt, loose rock, and coral, samples of heavy machinery
such as vehicles and ocean-going vessels.”
But what caused the Brythunian colonists’ extinction, and whether they ever
encountered Pons’ settlers or their descendants, remains a mystery.
“This area shows a great deal of tectonic instability,” remarked Dr. James Taggart, a
resident seismologist. “Such a thing is only natural, however, for a world as
geologically young as our own. If I had to guess, my theory would be that a major
seismic event literally swept these settlements off the map and diverted the flow of
this river. The main settlement likely fell or slid into the sea as a result of this event,
which could very likely have been triggered by an asteroid collision that largely went
unnoticed by the [Pons] settlers on the west coast, who had not yet moved into the
area.”
Towne Log
+ Wow! I wonder what those first folk would have said if they found out a guy with
an obsession with Conan the Barbarian was going around naming everything after
stuff from some cornball comics, eh? :- Teknofile
Hard to say. How can an expedition be mounted to explore and settle a planet, and
never find a colony that big on the same ruddy continent? Did Pons’ guys just park on
the first untamed coast they saw and set up camp? :- BobaQ
+ Maybe they DID run across them, BBQ, and maybe there was a disagreement, if
you know what I mean. They say winners write the history books, after all.
:-FMLurder
Lurder, do you HAVE to come up with a conspiracy theory for everything? How
would you explain the fact that their entire colony establishment was buried under
layers of soil and rock so deep and so smooth it looked like natural earth? :- BobaQ
+ All right, then. How do YOU explain that a colony can get that large and not be
detected? Or that the early settlers never happened across them while scoping out all
the metal deposits on this rock, huh? Oh, I know! Maybe the serpent sirens got to
them! :- FMLurder
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